This post is itself an example of today’s Marketing Quickie.  Pinterest devotees can only help you out with social buzz if you have graphics worth pinning.  When you do, watch out.  The fastest growing site in internet history can seriously blow up your stats when you strike a chord! Give it a try!  Pin this [...]

There’s got to be an easier way, right?  Well this is it.  2 WordPress plugins, a new graphic, and you can encourage your readers to do more social sharing, and you can stop worrying about getting people to comment the old way!  Here’s how I completely wiped out the comment form on this site and [...]

A client just asked me about getting started on Google+.  Specifically, how to start attracting a decent following. Below is the email I wrote back to him.  (With a little editing for your pleasure.) <Begin Email Response On How To Rock Google+> Glad you asked!  There are tons of posts and guides on cultivating a [...]

A client just asked me about getting started on Google+.  Specifically, how to start attracting a decent following. Below is the email I wrote back to him.  (With a little editing for your pleasure.)  :) <Begin Email Response On How To Rock Google+> Glad you asked!  There are tons of posts and guides on cultivating [...]

It was kind of surprising just now to find that no one has compiled a list of internet marketing experts that they follow on Google+. So, here I share who I have in my circles right now.  I add more all the time, and I certainly don’t claim to have them all yet. Feel free [...]

It was a short-lived honeymoon, but Empire Avenue, launched February 23rd of this year, is getting some “meh” reactions on Google+ from people who tried it and gave it up.  By the way, I’m in the crowd that thinks Empire Avenue offers little for the time required of users to inflate their stock value. But [...]

The guides and how-to posts are starting to flow for Google+, now in its second week and somewhere over 10 million users. Below are the links I’ve found most interesting for building your Google+ following and for using Google+ effectively.  I’m flat out hooked on G+. How to use Google+ This is a pretty thorough [...]

This Empire Avenue thing is quite fun. But I’m not convinced it’s just a “social game.” In fact, I think that rap does it kind of a disservice. It did for me anyway when I first heard about it. I didn’t get in till this morning and my share price has doubled so far and [...]